©Sidelines, Inc.,Volume 2014$4.00 2601 All Rights- January Reserved 2014 For Horse People • About Horse People www.sidelinesnews.com January 2014 Stunning: Special Stallion and Breeding Section Quentin Judge and HH Dark de la Hart In this issue: • How Leah Little Beat Cancer • Foxhunting With Rita Mae Brown • Ricky Bostwick’s Polo Life FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JANUARY 2014 1 Incorporating 20 HORSES USA PUBLISHER Samantha Charles [email protected] EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jan Westmark [email protected] 828-575-3965 Contents ASsistant Editor Dani Moritz Senior Staff Writer Lauren Giannini What’s Happenin’ Eventing CONTRIBUTING WRITERS 34 Ingate Alexa Cheater, Arianna Delin, 76 Woodge Fulton: Sydney Masters-Durieux, 98 Off Centerline Doris Degner-Foster, Amy Herzog, When Opportunity Knocks Kathryn Murphy, Kim MacMillan, 116 Asides Katie Navarra, Jennifer Ward, 86 USC Aiken Eventing Team Marissa Quigley PHOTOGRAPHERS 102 Eric Moore: David Lominska, Jack Mancini , Features Flashpoint, Alan Fabricant, Susan Stickle Lauren R. Giannini, Shawn McMillen 16 Second Chances From Football to the Show Ring Kim & Allen MacMillan, Emily Allongo, 20 Anything Is Possible: Leah Little Anne Hoover, Beth Grant, Mandy Su SIDELINES COLUMNISTS 44 Good Food Hunting: Polo Sophie St. Clair – Juniorside Lisa Hollister, Esq - Equine Law A Taste of New Year’s 70 Ricky Bostwick’s Polo Life Ann Reilly - Sports Psychology 50 My Story: Back to the Future with Butet Maria Wynne – European Connection INTERNS 60 Foxhunting with Rita Mae Brown Christina Alex, Rachel Cline, Alessandra Shultz, Courtney Zimmerman 82 Para-Equestrian: Driving Stallion and Breeding Section ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER 114 Wyoming Artist September Vhay 120 A Long Way From Vienna Melissa Burns [email protected] 122 Popeye – Great Sire In A 561-951-4225 NATIONAL SALES Horse Shows Smaller Package Joyce Jones 46 TJ O’Mara: Rider On Fire [email protected] 126 Emily Llewellyn and Bueno Uno 954-796-1809 58 USA Student Riders 128 Cover Story: Why Ride A Stallion? 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Periodical postage paid at West Palm 160 The Bottom Line 125 Classifieds Beach, FL 33414 and at additional mailing offices POSTMASTER: Address changes should be sent to 900 Moonlight Court, St. Cloud, FL 34771. About the cover: Grand prix show jumper Quentin Judge and HH Dark de la Hart, at Double H Farm in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Photo by Katherine Hay, www.khayphotos.com ©Sidelines, Inc., 2014 All Rights Reserved 2 SIDELINES JANUARY 2014 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JANUARY 2014 3 it off her list. You don’t want to Letter from the Editor miss Doris’ great story on Rita Mae Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe it’s 2014 in this issue! Do- already – 2013 seemed to disappear in the blink of an eye. ris, who is also a The January issue of Sidelines is our Stallion & Breeding foxhunter, had a issue, which means a magazine full of gorgeous stallions great time chat- and adorable foals – a great way to ring in the New Year! ting with Rita Quentin Judge and his gorgeous stallion, HH Dark de la Mae about her Hart, appear on our cover this month in honor of our Stal- many books, but lion & Breeding issue, but my staff (and people looking over mostly about be- my shoulder while I was working at Barnes & Noble) com- ing part of a hunt. mented that Quentin should have been included in our De- If you haven’t cember Hot Horsemen issue. So true! read a Rita Mae Speaking of Hot Horsemen, I sent Sidelines intern Chris- novel, then add tina Alex to Wellington to meet our December cover model, that to your New polo player Brandon Phillips, so that he could autograph Year’s resolu- covers of his issue. Of course I asked for proof that they tions, too. met – and Christina happily obliged by sending me a photo. T h r o u g h o u t Some people would venture to say that being an intern isn’t 2014, we are all it’s cracked up to be, but Christina might disagree. Being asking our read- a Sidelines intern can be fun, because soon I will send her ers to Catch the to have more covers autographed – this time by Quentin, Sidelines Spirit and audition to be a Sidelines mascot. We our January cover model and a Hot Horsemen as well. will feature a new mascot each month – and we kick off In addition to our gorgeous cover, I am sure you will enjoy the year by welcoming BettyAnn Kolba, of North Riverside, browsing through the good looking stallions (of the equine Illinois, and her horse Brandi as our January mascots. Bet- variety!) featured in this issue. Sidelines also hosted our tyAnn and Brandi have a great story which we will share Stunning Stallions & Fabulous Foals contest for our spe- with you in a future issue. BettyAnn is a big fan of Side- cial section and, while the stallions are gorgeous, all of the lines, a busy competitor, has her own business embroider- foals make me smile. Stacey Hetherington, of North Adams, ing everything from saddle pads to fly bonnets to tack trunk Massachusetts, was one of the winners in our contest with covers and BettyAnn and her little redheaded mare (her this great photo of an inquisitive youngster playing peek- nickname for Brandi) fulfilled an item on their bucket list a-boo. when they competed at the Washington International Horse It’s that time of year to think about making New Year’s Show. And just in case you think a mascot needs to be a resolutions or maybe you are the type who has created a young person – BettyAnn will be 64 and Brandi 18 this year, bucket list of things you hope to accomplish. Sidelines writ- proving that age is just a number and that anyone can catch er Doris Degner-Foster said one of the items on her bucket the Sidelines Spirit! list was to interview New York Times bestselling author and Here’s to a great New Year and to everyone Catching the avid foxhunter Rita Mae Brown – and now Doris can check Sidelines Spirit in 2014! January Sidelines Jan Westmark mascots BettyAnn Kolba Editor-In-Chief and Brandi. [email protected] Sidelines interns have all the fun! Stacey Hetherington was a winner in the Sidelines Intern Christina Alex with polo player Stunning Stallions & Fabulous Foals contest with Brandon Phillips, the Sidelines 2013 her photo of a foal playing peek-a-boo. Hot Horseman of the Year. 4 SIDELINES JANUARY 2014 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JANUARY 2014 5 6 SIDELINES JANUARY 2014 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JANUARY 2014 7 8 SIDELINES JANUARY 2014 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JANUARY 2014 9 10 SIDELINES JANUARY 2014 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JANUARY 2014 11 12 SIDELINES JANUARY 2014 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JANUARY 2014 13 14 SIDELINES JANUARY 2014 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JANUARY 2014 15 e FromSecond Near Chances Death to a Foxhunting Success By Dani Moritz Shannon Sharpe, of Louisville, Kentucky, is no stranger to rescuing horses. With several rescues in the barn and several rehomed, she just can’t help herself when it comes to taking in horses in need. Looking at Encore, a now happy, healthy eight-year- old, it’s hard to believe he was ever in need of rescuing. But fortunately for Encore, Shannon came along and turned his dim future into a great success. Encore was a PMU (Premarin) foal bred by Canadian breeders and, needless to say, the breeders had little interest in Encore’s life. Luckily for him, Shannon rescued him and gave him a second chance at life. This is Encore’s story: What condition was he in when you adopted him? He was four years old by the time I got him and he had not been handled since he came to the States as a weanling.